Chapter 510 56. I admit that I spoke a little too loudly before, and I will apologize to you now [810]
The meeting between the Angel Team and Mason had been arranged long ago.
There was no problem with the time or location. Both parties were punctual and courteous. The only flaw was that the current environment has undergone "subtle" changes.
According to Moon Knight's original idea, the moment of meeting at this time and place should be the time when the Gotham world was attacked by the warlock and the conqueror, and it was also the time when Mason and others needed help the most.
In that case, if I show up with a strong A-level team to discuss conditions, I can switch sides to help him or secretly support him, I can easily manipulate Mason and negotiate a deal that will definitely not be a loss.
As Mason expected, this "Messenger of the Gods" was not a pioneer who stood firmly on the side of the warlocks. He had his own little ideas and the forces of the gods behind him also had a very "flexible" ethics that authorized him to act according to circumstances.
The interests of the God Envoy team and the interests of the Warlock are by no means consistent.
Although they apparently helped Warlock pass the invasion planning proposal through the council, they obviously wanted to do some dirty work, such as hedging their bets. The best outcome would be for Warlock to step into the quagmire and be defeated by Gotham. The world holds back the progress of the invasion.
As a result, warlocks who need external aid will have to transfer their benefits to the forces of the gods.
In short, it's all a game here.
The plan was great and very executable, but there was one drawback. The gods and their messengers all made an empirical mistake.
Change comes too fast.
One second ago, the world of Gotham was filled with laughter and fell into its most critical moment.
Guess what the next second?
They just made a huge comeback.
Not only did they kill the warlock cleanly and neatly, but there are currently three big guys who are trying to eliminate the remaining liquidators and conquerors in this world as if they were having fun.
The battle situation changed so quickly that the gods could not keep up with their decision-making speed. Naturally, they had no time to adjust their strategies. When the meeting time came, they had no choice but to push the gods out.
Without giving any strategy, he asked Moon Knight to come over and talk things over.
They talk about decentralizing decision-making power, but in fact they find someone to take the blame.
"I guess if we can't reach a good agreement here today, maybe within a few days, your head will be sent to my desk in the name of 'apology.'"
Mason was very relaxed after jumping off the flying motorcycle. He stepped forward and looked at Moon Knight whose face was covered by a weird white mask. He stretched out his hand and whispered:
"They were frightened, weren't they? They thought about using me or the Warlock to gain benefits for their own camp by getting involved in the leadership of the Stars Association, but they didn't expect to get away with it.
Maybe it's because I, the 'bug', showed too much aggression and shocked the gods above the clouds? ”
"Haha"
Moonlight Knight smiled awkwardly, held Mason's hand, and said dryly:
"Don't think too much about it. It's just a meeting between colleagues from the Star Club. It's not as complicated as you said. Speaking of which, isn't it an exchange of hostages?
Why not see Black Adam”
"I have changed my mind. It is too risky to hand over a traitor to a stranger whose enemy or friend is unknown."
Mason's expression turned cold, he took his hand away from Moon Knight and said:
"What? Are you not happy to see me change my mind temporarily?"
How the hell could I be happy?
Do you see any trace of happiness on my face?
Hey, if your eyes are no longer needed, you can donate them to those in need!
Moonlight Knight, who was simmering with anger, really wanted to take out his moon sword and cut the bastard in front of him into fine pieces, make a hundred catties of minced meat, add cartilage and put it in a lunch box, but he was really confident in what he said now.
The tragic death of the warlock had sounded the alarm for him.
Just looking at the suspicious postures of the team members behind him at this time, it can be seen that they are under great pressure, fearing that Mason will call in an extraordinary boss with a whistle and crush them like bugs here.
Then the dry laughter came out again from under the mask with no expression on the face of the divine envoy:
"Haha, think about it carefully. My previous request is indeed a bit too much. You should consider it carefully. Now, I brought your people."
He waved his hand, and behind him, Magical Mary, Shazam's sister from another world, grabbed the bruised Skrull Queen Viklan out of the air with a swipe.
The latter had obviously been tortured and lost 70% of his life.
But it was obvious that she had received proper first aid to regain consciousness, and her injuries were not fatal. She was even given a set of festive red clothes to cover up the blood stains on her body.
Queen Naskru's green face also looked confused at this time.
As a prisoner who failed to lurk, she had no idea what was going on. Thirty minutes ago, she was hanging in the dark cell waiting to die. Then these bastards rushed in and treated her with nice words and then took her away. here.
"The injury is very serious."
Mason frowned and looked at Queen Skrull who was brought to him. He glanced at the Moon Knight beside him and said:
"Is this the way the gods treat guests? I sent my servants to you to discuss cooperation, but you didn't want to pay attention to it, but you actually tortured my messenger ruthlessly.
Tsk, you don’t understand the reason why the two armies are fighting without killing the envoy? ”
"Accident! It's all an accident."
Moonlight Knight waved his hands and explained forcefully:
"We express regret for this embarrassing 'diplomatic accident' and have already given Ms. Vikram sufficient compensation and obtained her understanding.
Madam, would you like to say something? You being so silent now seems as if we have bullied you. ”
He glanced at Vikram.
Queen Skrull touched a few full bags on her waist and nodded to Mason, indicating that with the "full salary and full dedication" and "with hundreds of millions of people" apology from the Angel Team, the two sides had indeed reached an agreement. Agreement of Understanding”.
"Well, since the parties involved are not pursuing the case anymore, it would be rude for me to continue to pester you like this."
Mason snorted, casually took out the Super Skrull Psychic Beacon from his right hand and threw it to Queen Viklan, as agreed before.
The latter immediately held this artifact that could control the fate of all Skrulls in his hand, and very obediently handed over all the bags around his waist to the captain, and then silently stepped aside.
For her, it was over.
Although I was caught and beaten, and although I still don’t know what happened to change the situation in the middle, everything is fine now that the outcome is good.
"Now that the misunderstanding has been resolved, let's talk about business."
Moonlight Knight rubbed his hands and stopped mentioning the "hostage exchange" thing he mentioned before, pretending that he farted more than ten hours ago. He looked at Mason and said:
"We need to talk about two things. One is the issue of the existence of the new Stars Society after the God Envoy Team in the Stars Society. Uh, I mean, the new Stars Society. The second is to convey the gods' message to the future leader of the Stars Society. Congratulations! ”
"I presume you said the same thing to the warlock thirty minutes ago?"
Mason stretched out his hand to interrupt him, and asked Moon Knight meaningfully. The latter sighed awkwardly, feeling deeply that it was really unpleasant to deal with a clever little guy like Mason.
At the same time, he also realized that with his own wisdom, it would be difficult to gain the upper hand in the verbal dispute with Mason, so he gritted his teeth and stamped his feet, deciding to pass the blame on to someone more suitable.
"Stephen! Come on!"
he shouted to himself.
The next moment, the strips of moonlight cloth wrapped around his body as a battle suit were quickly pulled away and rotated, and the "transformation" was completed under the cover of the moonlight cloak.
The warrior-like Moon Knight transformed into a gentleman in a suit and leather shoes.
This guy no longer wore a hood or a cape. He was wearing a racy moon-white suit and had a red rose stuck in his jacket pocket. His face was still wrapped in white gauze, but the lines on his face were obviously much softer.
"Hey, hello, Mr. Mason."
This familiar-looking guy changed his awkward posture, moved his body very relaxedly, stretched out his hand to Mason again and said:
"Introduce yourself again. My name is Stephen Grant. Among the many personalities of Moon Knight, he is the best at using his brain and negotiating. The person I was talking to you just now is Mark.
You could tell by his appearance that that guy was a violent maniac, and he couldn't do the delicate work of negotiating terms.
I already said that the moment the situation changed, he should let me take control of the situation. ”
"Wow! Two personalities!"
Mason folded his arms behind him and tried hard to pretend that he was a strong bodyguard, but Harley, who kept blowing pink bubble gum out of boredom, opened her eyes wide, looked at her head and screamed:
"Look! Quinn, our patient!"
"Well, this lady seems to have multiple personalities. It's a pleasure to meet her."
Stephen Grant, who calls himself "Mr. Knight", politely took off the flowers from his chest and handed them to Harley to express his kindness. He explained:
"But I don't just have two personalities. I also have a very, very scary bastard that Mark and I jointly suppress in the depths of our hearts. We dare not let him come out to avoid bad things."
"Yeah, yeah, I did this to Quinn before!"
Harley's eyes shone like a "patient communication", and she said to Mr. Knight:
"Quinn is a big bad guy. She has always tempted me to do terrible things. I relied on my passionate love for Mr. K to suppress her.
But then we reconciled.
Harley is cute and cunning, and Quinn is cunning and cute. When the two of us join forces, we become the most powerful me.
You should give it a try too! ”
"We tried it and it turned out badly."
Mr. Knight sighed.
Although he really wanted to talk more with Harley, his "patient", and share each other's patterns and experiences in dealing with sub-personalities, he obviously knew that this would be more important.
"It's okay, you can continue talking."
Mason next to him waved his hands and said:
"I'm not in a hurry at all! All kidding aside, it's much more interesting to listen to you talk about the happy things between these mental patients than to negotiate terms with the wallflower gods who always want to get benefits.
How about we change places?
I know there's a great coffee shop in Gotham. You and Mark will love the atmosphere there. If Jack pops out, don't worry! I have a way to deal with that cold-blooded scumbag. ”
As he spoke, Mason touched the Black Death Sword and the Gun of Ragnarok on his waist, and showed a gentle smile to the knight in front of him.
But it was this smile that made Mr. Knight Stephen swallow his saliva.
He is not Mason. If fighting alone, the enhanced version of Moon Knight and the full-state Mason are about 40-60, but the gun on Mason's waist is too stupid.
If the weapon specially designed for anti-divinity is really used, the entire team of divine envoys can easily be wiped out.
Obviously, in the last brief confrontation, Mason didn't show his true ability at all. This guy is simply a "natural enemy" for anyone who uses divine power but is not strong enough.
"Okay, okay, put your scary little pistol on your waist, and stop scaring us poor people, Mr. Mason."
Mr. Knight made a gesture, and his team members left the Rock of Eternity through the World Gate. Obviously, the next conversation was not what they should hear.
This is not a harsh grade rule, but a proper protection.
For messengers like them, knowing too many secrets of the gods will never end well.
"Although Mark is a bastard who doesn't understand the art of language, he did explain the two most important things today."
Mr. Knight whispered:
"You are right, Lord Mason. The victory in this world shocked the gods. The military and strategic victory came second. The main thing is that the three extraordinary strong men you summoned are impossible to ignore.
They were strong enough in their own right to get onto the Hope Council as strong councilors, but now they're at your disposal.
This situation has surpassed the meaning of the outcome of this war itself. Your Excellency, I am here to find out the truth. The gods behind me are eager to know your purpose. ”
"Is Odin one of you?"
Mason didn't answer the question. His question made Moon Knight hesitate for a moment, then nodded and said:
"All the gods that you know exist in legends, those powerful creatures named 'gods' that will be born and have been born in the past, present and future are our members.
But don't be surprised.
Just like the Association of Stars, which only has three great masters, can still cause such an astonishing internal fight on such a scale, the gods are all arrogant guys and will not be so willing to obey the command and control of the same kind.
We are very disunited.
The scale of the inner hills far exceeds that of the Society of Stars and the Council of Hope. In fact, because of the existence of the web of divine power in different worlds and planes, we could have become a similar large-scale organization. However, the concept of 'us' emerged. From that moment on, true unity was never achieved.
We are the ones who help the Warlocks pass the war resolution in the Council. We are the ones who hope to seek a balance of power between the Warlocks and you to gain benefits. We are the ones who look forward to seeing rivers of blood and chaos running rampant. We are the ones who long to overthrow the stars. The orderly rebels are still us. ”
Mr. Knight sighed and said:
"Our greatest enemy is never outside, our greatest enemy is ourselves. This powerful-sounding collection of gods has been hopeless from the beginning.
The God Envoy Team represents those who are truly eager to do something and have the strongest execution ability in the concept of ‘gods’. ”
"Thank you for your explanation."
Mason kept this important information in mind, then looked at Moon Knight and said:
"If you want to know my purpose, you have to tell me your own purpose first, right? I think this is the prerequisite for a frank conversation."
"Exist!"
Mr. Knight Steve held out a finger and said in a serious and serious tone:
"Everything is for existence, and existence is everything. The purpose of the power we represent has always been simple. An ant can still survive, let alone a life that is born powerful and immortal?
Everyone is struggling, and on a cosmic level, the gods are not that different from us.
You don’t have to doubt the correctness of this statement. This is what Kong Su told me personally.
Although the autistic person is ugly and cunning, he is generally not very good at deceiving others.
Therefore, in order to exist, we can help the evildoer, we can be cold-blooded, we can abandon the dark side and turn to the bright side, and we can also stab people in the back.
Now that your power is about to be established inside and outside the Association of Stars, for those of us who are seeking to survive, there is no harm in having a good relationship with you. One more friend will open up a new path. ”
"A very reasonable reason."
Mason nodded, then looked at Moon Knight and said:
"I will destroy the Society of Stars and end the Dark Ages."
"Hiss"
This straightforward answer made Moon Knight take a breath of air. He hesitated for nearly ten seconds before speaking:
"It's a terrible and courageous ideal, but it's not unacceptable. After all, only when the stars fall, can the gods replace it with the web of divine power."
"It doesn't matter, who is in power in the post-Constellation era is not my concern,"
Mason shook his head and said:
"I don't care what happens in the era after the stars are destroyed. I don't have the ability to plan for such a long future.
You just need to answer me. Can you and the spirit behind you help me? ”
"Okay."
Moonlight Knight nodded and said:
"But you and I both know that the real problem is not the Star Club, but the impact. Do you have any refreshing approach to this core issue?"
"I'm still trying, I'm not sure either."
Mason shook his head and said:
"But if I really do it, you can only weld the car door shut and follow me until it's dark. Go back and think about it carefully, and discuss it with your partners.
This is a big deal after all, so don’t rush to conclusions. ”
The captain stretched out his hand, put it on Mr. Knight's shoulder, and whispered:
"I will look forward to our next meeting, the ugly and cunning Lord Kongsu." (End of Chapter)